Twins have fun you and I can't have

Obama Motors

The Law of Physics

I have no way of knowing whether this is real, but it passes the sniff test.  Even if it's ginned up, the fact that it's out there means it satisfied the first rule of parody: ring a bell with the intended audience.  Merrily

Ed Begley - "warmer"

Ed Begley-"warmer" ".. even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!"

If Ed Begley Jr. was a "birther," he'd refuse to accept Obama's certified legitimate Hawaiian birth certificate (if he ever decides to present one) as proof of his U.S. birth.  Ed Begley has that proof, re the Global Warming Hoax,  and ... well, is the very definition of a True Believer.  I got a real kick out his claim that "peer review" will decide.  “ Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann ... "I can't see either of these [anti human caused G-W]  papers being in the next IPCC report ... Kevin and I will keep them out somehow--even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" ” Peer-Reviewed

Remove the wart, don't hide it.

Political Suicide?

sarabeth and I are in accord; the GOP's clumsy purity test is nincompoopery of the first rank.  But for different reasons. “ It doesn’t seem to occur to them that lurching to the right will only cause disgruntled party members to peel away from the center. And drive a larger proportion of Independents to vote Democratic instead of Republican. ” Piffle. No, I see a knee jerk response by party leaders who don't understand what's happening.  This litmus test is cosmetic legerdemain.  If the warts weren't there, no makeup would be necessary, right?   And make no mistake, the party flourishes when conservatism prevails. An Arlen Specter will affirm his belief on every point of any litmus test (of any party).  A Republican Party adhering to principles they claim to espouse would look at the record, retch, and support a Pat Toomey reflexively. They did not.  John McCain would never have been the Party's 2008 candidate, if its leaders weren't McCains themselves. Why hasn't this GOP made it clear that Mark Rubio, not Charlie Crist, is the man in Florida?  Party chairman, Michael Steele is not  conservative, and views Sarah Palin as threat to be dealt with, not listened too.  The answer then is to move them out, and turn the reins over to conservatives who don't need a primer on conservative values.  They know, love, and live them.

Sorry About Tears

Today's Media Moment

Natural Law

By gar, we liked it that way

No chimps allowed

the smell of Google in the morning

The Baltimore piss hole

Abortion Chic

“ Baltimore Council Requires Clinics to Advertise When They Don't Offer Abortions BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's City Council has passed a bill requiring pregnancy centers that do not provide abortions or birth control referrals to post signs saying so. The measure passed Monday night is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. The Montgomery County Council is considering similar legislation. Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake introduced the legislation after meeting with abortion rights advocates, who say some clinics provide inaccurate information, such as claiming that abortions are connected to breast cancer and other problems. Abortion opponents say the bill unfairly targets centers that provide good information and much-needed help for poor women. Violators could face a $150 fine. ”  Because, dagnabbit, her time is too precious to have to make a second trip.

Today's Barf-o-rama

In Passing

Stuff to make your hair stand up

Unplugged “ State Dinner Guest List Includes Only One Likely GOP Attendee - Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar Sewing seeds of dissension, or telegraphing who Obamunists see as the weakest link in the health care debate? Either way it is another  calculated in-your-face move from a creep who once again bowed a calculated stick-in-our-eyes? to a foreign potentate. Victor Davis Hanson sums up these candid camera moments. Inside the numbers: How Obama has fallen Slow learners across the board [almost, ahem] are catching on. How to stop Sarah Palin? The answer may come from of all places, India Ex-TV host Lou Dobbs considers run for N.J. Senate seat held by Robert Menendez There's something About Mary Mary Katharine Ham takes issue with insinuating that Sen. Mary Landrieu is a slut whore. She also huffily refuses to provide a link to Huff-Post's "Megan Fox Wears Panties, Lifts Foot Above Head (Photos)" Celebrity news of the day: Angelina Jolie thinks Obama’s a socialist phony Showing the value of having a politically sophisticated father.  Ahem. A hilariously bizarre situation is happening in the wake of the growing Climategate scandal. Houston Chronicle editorial asserts "As a crucial climate change conference nears, more evidence of a warming globe."  Readers having none of it. ”

Ta-ta-da-ta ...

“Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009.”

Whoops

Our Thugocracy

Climategate: 'Greatest scandal in modern science'... Call for Congressional investigation... Paper: Junk science exposed among climate-change believers... Obama: 'Step closer' to climate deal...

ASIDE: Note to Cass Sunstein: Eat me. He's a double agent with an agenda, and almost certainly does not pass the natural born citizen test.  Barry has never had a single (name one) close associate who is not documented as subversive by the FBI, you included.

Synchro Riding

The June Taylor Dancers of Motorcycle Arts

Mesmerizing Tom Mann

Waxman's nose hair

Advertising

Eeeewwww  I'm immensely entertained by, and in awe of the creativeness displayed by guerrilla advertising.  This ad for Panasonic's nose hair trimmer is one example.  If enough people see what I see (rollover) however, while more identifiable, it may not have a salutary effect on sales. Waxman image courtesy of SabrePoint.

Making Do in Tough Times

Signs of the Time

On the flip, a scene from Glengarry Glen Ross II ?

She needs a listing The "Poulan Weed Eater Bowl  " started it

Gov. Elect Bob Mac

WHY WE WIN! A letter from real America

“ Hey there Boss, Just had to let you know about one of the joys of living in a small town and supporting a mid-major sports team.  Yesterday we went to the final game of JMU’s season and low and behold – who should also attend but Governor Elect Bob McDonnell!  He has a son and daughter that attend here so it wasn’t entirely surprising.  He was right down below us then when a huge group began cheering “Bob Mac- Don- nell clap-clap, clap-clap-clap!” he decided to come up into our section.  When he stopped at the bottom to talk to the National Guardsmen who was checking tickets – one man jumped up and yelled ‘I’ve got one he can have’ and ran to give it to him ( and I think get his autograph).  I yelled down to him’ Can you start on Monday?” but I don’t think he heard me.  It was great to see how popular he was – I bet that dumass we have in the governor’s mansion now has never been greeted that way. TFV [Samurai A/G - Barn Army] ”  Thank you for this feel-good moment T!

Really bad people, like Goreons

In Passing

From a world full of asses, a select few

Reliving Happier Times “ Sen. Landrieu to host New Orleans fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... and I'll scratch yours.  The fundraiser sets the entry bar for individuals at $4,800, plus $1,000 for a guest to help Harry stave off Nevada voters who seem intent on firing him. How Pedophilia Lost Its Cool - So where is your Gaia now? The reason that the monstrous crime of pedophilia matters is simple: In an increasingly secular age, it is one of the few taboos about which people on both sides of the religious divide can agree. It remains a marker of right and wrong in a world where other markers have been erased.  The trial of the Bush administration has begun Eric Holder's loony decision to try terrorists in U.S. court just made sense .. Woo the Taliban Cool.  A definition of the neo-liberal in three words, the article's content aside. Los Angeles DJ Matthew Roberts Discovers Charles Manson Is His Father "I was frightened and angry. It's like finding out that Adolf Hitler  is your father.”   Mom couldn't have been much of a peach either. A McCain Upset? A new Rasmussen poll shows the Arizona Senator in a dead heat with potential GOP primary challenger J.D. Hayworth. Will Sarah .. you know? Phil Jones, writes Pennsylvania State University's Michael E. Mann ... "I can't see either of these [anti human caused G-W]  papers being in the next IPCC report ... Kevin and I will keep them out somehow--even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" First, send Al Gore to prison. Ex-ACORN official gets probation for voter registration plan When execution was clearly warranted.  Seriously. What's more serious than attempting to destroy a pillar of our republic?  Plus, ACORN is still being funded with taxpayer money.  ”

500 F__KTons

Book Excerpt

Excerpt from my novel, "Crescent at Five-o-clock High."

I almost missed a deadline to submit the the next five chapters of my novel to the publisher.  Been pounding away furiously, and Fedex just picked them up.  Whew.  I thought some of you might enjoy reading a snippet (Remember, my editor will fix spelling and punctuation). “ Excerpt from my novel, "Crescent at Five-o-clock High. Chapter XXVII - Arghhhh <snip> Just an hour earlier Special Agent Jerry Moore's head had been comfortably nestled in Suzanne's soft bosom.  Soft like the chunk of plaster now under his foot wasn't.  Their reverie had been shattered by a harsh crack from the television speaker that cut the president's voice in mid sentence.  Then a shrieking, like when the power goes out in a sports bar with 30 seconds left on the clock. "What do we know," Jerry asked the uniformed Secret Service guard, as he surveyed the destruction before them.? "A meteor about the size of a bowling ball hit the capitol building at a speed in excess of 200,000 mph.  It cut through the stone like a hot knife through butter, and smashed into the House chamber, just moments after the State of the Union address began." Jerry twirled a finger through his neatly trimmed beard, like a doctor doing a pelvic exam. "How in hell could that happen without a warning,"  he asked absently, not really expecting a reply? But the guard answered. "Funny that.  It seems a radar station in the Blue Ridge mountains picked it up.  The crew telephoned it in to the White House switch board, but it wasn't  relayed for several hours.  Then a staffer dismissed it as being a flight of stealth bombers expected at Andrews AFB.  One of those SNAFUs you only read about," he finished. The chamber was a mess.  The meteor had ended its deadly journey from the vastness of space on the House floor.  Assembled congressmen listening to the speech, many preening for the C-Span camera that lazily scanned the assemblage, took the brunt of the blow.  Like a boxer who is distracted by his girl friend waving to him, and takes an upper-cut to the jaw.  He looked up to the gallery.  A piece of green and orange chiffon hung lazily from the railing, like pasta thrown against the cabinet door to see if it would stick, signifying ready to eat.  Just an hour ago he had seen the First Lady, wearing a dress made of that material, take her seat to much applause from the Democrats below. "She must be smithereens now," he thought. "What's going on over there", he asked?  A pointed finger directed the guard's gaze to several dozen people engaged in some ceremony at the rear of the hall. "That 's what's left of the Republican caucus.  They just voted to reorganize the House, and elected John Boone Speaker."  "What the - " Speaker Pirogi was killed in the blast, as was the Vice President, and every single Democrat except Sen. Frink  who was in the bathroom.  Boone will be the new president once they take President Ochumsky off  life support." <snip> ”

Our lady of the perpetually offended

Da meaning of demeaning

Via TigerHawk - English feminists are complaining that this Christmas ad for the Marks & Spencer department store is demeaning to women. .. .. they have no idea how demeaning things can get.

Who wants to pull the wish bone?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Here is a recipe I thought you would like for the holidays - Marc Miller

“ Ingredients: 1 whole turkey 1 large lemon, cut into halves salt and pepper to taste butter or olive oil, whichever you prefer Heat oven to 350 degrees Rub butter or oil over the skin of the turkey until it is completely coated. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and any other seasonings you prefer. Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat;  Slide  lemon  halves  under  the  skin  with  the  peel  side  up, one on each side.  This way the  juice from the lemon will release into the breasts. Cover and bake for 30-45 minutes.   Remove cover and continue to roast until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes. If you've followed these steps correctly, your turkey should  look like the one in the picture gobble gobble ”